Hope!
Three cheers for Susan Cain for helping the world realize that our introvert:extrovert natural tendencies aren’t reflected in today’s structures!
Hope!
Three cheers for Susan Cain for helping the world realize that our introvert:extrovert natural tendencies aren’t reflected in today’s structures!
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Looking for an easy option to improve your health? One that involves no diets, exercise, and lets you sit around watching videos?
Luckily for you, this option exists. Just press play below, sit on your duff and see what the feature has to say. Chances are good you’ll be healthier long-term as a result.
The new art gallery in downtown Edmonton is definitely the oddest looking building north of Red Deer. With swooping swoops and shoodley-whoops, this building will either make you swoon with delight or pause in fright.
One piece of the impressively improving Winston Churchill square district, the downtown Edmonton of old (cold, dull, empty, utilitarian) is a thing of the past. Well, not the cold part.

Photo Credit: Stella Blu via Compfight
Aside from the abnormal exterior, there’s curious stuff happening inside too.
One thing’s for sure: with oil prices only going up, this won’t be the last bizarre structure to grace the Alberta Capital.
Posted in Sneezl'ed, Stranger Than Fiction
Without question, this is currently the most intriguing place on Earth.
Buried deep beneath South Pole ice, an absolutely huge liquid lake has been discovered. Yet, humans have not yet reached it, probed it, skipped a rock on it – nadda. We only know that it is there and that it has existed without external influence for millions of years. For all we know, it could actually be filled with dinosaurs.
Curious? Watch this great intro:
Hockey pool fans, playoff season is just around the corner. ‘Tis the time of year to plot how to win our fantasy drafts!
Which teams will make it to the 3rd round? Which assist-machine defenseman will only play 5 games? Which unsung #3 LW will end up scoring 15 goals? Which so-so goalie will end up playing 25 games? Soon we will find out!
“It’s the most … wonderful tiiiiime, of the year!”
Yes – it’s nearly time for triple OT’s, 5-game upsets, undisclosed injuries, and a gut-check that only Lord Stanley can inspire!
And yes, it’s time for Sneezl’s 2012 pool picks…
Note – since this was written with 5-7 games left in the regular season, it includes players from the following teams:
East: Rangers, Bruins, Panthers, Penguins, Flyers, Devils, Senators, Capitals, Sabres, Jets, Lightning
West: Blues, Canucks, Sharks, Red Wings, Predators, Blackhawks, Stars, Coyotes, Kings, Avalanche, Flames
On the bubble:
Picking a player based on which team you think will advance furthest is a good strategy in playoff hockey. Often, it’s even more important than picking a player on their own merit.
On the bubble:
On the bubble:
On the bubble:
Whose team will win at least 3 series? That’s what we all wish we knew.
Out West, the concussion to Daniel Sedin is the biggest variable. If he’s healthy, Vancouver is in great shape to once again emerge as the last team standing. St. Louis doesn’t seem like a Cup champ and neither does San Jose, plus Detroit is struggling down the stretch. Chicago again seems to be the top alternative to the Canucks, assuming that there’s no Cinderella team lurking in the lower grouping. Of the Cinderella prospects, LA would have the best chances IF they can play to their potential.
In the East, this is an interesting season. With the return of Captain Crosby, the Penguins have been crushing every team they meet, making them the instant #1 favourite. Philadelphia still misses Pronger, but made key deadline acquisitions that (along with the improvement of Bryzgalov of late) also make them favourites. If that wasn’t enough, the Rangers are playing great hockey too. The defending champs Boston aren’t clicking on all cylinders, but still have the potential to emerge from the field as well. Plus, Dale Hunter’s Caps are 6-2-2 in their last 10, so they’re back in the mix too, but this year they have Vokoun instead of AHL prospects. In short, it’s a marquee logjam. The chances of a Cinderella winning the East are tinier than an ant’s rear end.
Sneezl is picking the Penguins to come out of the East, based purely on their complete and total thrashing of all opponents down the stretch. They are simply too good to not pick as the #1 favourite.
Sneezl is picking the West champion with a big asterisk… * IF Daniel Sedin bounces back from concussion quickly, THEN the Canucks get will emerge from the conference even though I can’t stand the way they play. They’ve had trouble scoring since the all-star break, but no-one is better at using other teams’ mistakes to eek out a 2-1 victory. They play ugly hockey, but they’re darn good at what they do.
However, IF Sedin is not able to play full-time, THEN Chicago is getting the Sneeze pick. Chicago is 7-3-1 in their last 10 plus their best player (Jon Toews) is better than any other team’s best player.
As for the Cup final, this gets easier to predict again. Sneezl is calling for a decisive Penguin’s victory over either Vancouver or Chicago.
There are plenty of caveats that could be added, but why make this post any longer? Enjoy your playoff pools and hopefully your picks are even better than these!
The breakthrough device in fun home computing is about to turn 30.

Photo Credit: Audrey & Max via Compfight
Brought into full production in 1982, the Commodore 64 was by far the most entertaining & usable early computer. A hybrid in terms of intended use, it was distinct from pure video game consoles like ColecoVision (also released in 1982) and from pure early “serious” computers like IBM’s XT PC (released in 1983). You could program with it, use a modem (though very slowly), do office tasks (again, slowly), and play games that featured excellent graphics and almost no latency. At the time, it was miles ahead of the competition.
Something went desperately wrong with marketing or corporate strategy along the way, but for a time it was really the cutting edge. For many, Commodore is the beginning of home or personal computing. Maybe it was commercials like this that did Commodore in:
What is it? A learning tool? A programming platform? A party magnet?
Regardless of what it was or wasn’t, the games on the Commodore were really amazing. Remember that this device comes from 1982:
Happy 30th, Commodore!
“How on earth do people do such obviously dumb things?” Anyone looking back through history can ask this question.
This lecture has extraordinary explanatory power to explain how humans have such a terrible track record of making colossally stupid collective decisions:
Along with Diamond’s book “Guns, Germs and Steel“, humanity has a little better chance of emerging from the 21st century in decent shape.
Ted talk with Chris Anderson on how the world is changing based on ubiquitous web video and how it raises the bar for everyone.
“Leider Geil” translates as “unfortunately cool.” The premise of this odd video is to show humanity in its bizarre fullness, whether accidental or on purpose. Mission accomplished.
Oddly enough, this piece by Deichkind was a top 100 hit single in Austria and Germany in 2011.
Leider Geil.